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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed July 3, 1914. Serial No. 848,744.

.Be it known that I, FRANK A. WEEKS,- a citizen of the United States, and a resident of -Plai-nfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkstands, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in inkstands of the class comprising a glass base in which a well is provided for ink and having a reduced forwardportion to be'utilized as a dip chamber for the pen, and a removable cover placed on top ofthe glass base and covering the well and also atthe proper time the dip chamber. I

The inkstand in the main comprises two parts, one being the glass base and the other the removable cover, and thecover is in two sections which by being connected together constitutes in effect a single piece. ()ne sec tion 'of' the cover remains stationary on the -inkstand while the other section of the cover is' in theform ofa slide which may be pushed inwardly under the main body of theco'ver toexpose the dip chamber for use 7 and thereafter drawn outwardly to cover said dipchamber when the inkstand is not in use. a

Themain individual features of novelty connected with-the present invention reside in the cover portion ofthe inkstand, this coverbeing a-stationary cover having the sliding section for closing and opening, according to its position, the dip chamber connected with the ink-well in the base.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in,w hich:

Figure 1 1s a top V16W of an inkstand embodyingmy invention, the ink-well and dip' chamber beingclosed by the cover; Fig.

2 is a corresponding view of the glass base of *the inkstand, the cover having been omitted; Fig. 3 -is a vertical section through the inkstand and cover taken on the dotted line 3-3of Fig. 1;' Fig; 4: is a transverse "'section' through the inkstand taken on the dotted line e4 o f-Figl 1; Fig. 5 is a detached bottom View of the cover of the inkstand, this figure showing the sliding sec tion' of the cover as moved inwardly to the position it occupies when the dip-chamber in the base'is uncovered; Fig. 6 is a top view'of" amodified construction of the ink- =stand,j-the medificationresiding, principally the cover being omitted; Fig. 8 is a vertical section through the inkstand and cover shown m'Fig. 6, and Fig. 9 is a detached bottom view of the cover shown in Figs. 6 and 8.

Inthe drawings 10 designates the glass base and 11 the cover therefor, the base preferably being an integral block of glass conta1n 1ng an inkwell 12 having a forwardly promoting portion or dip chamber 13 in communication with said well. The base 10 is formed on opposite sides of the upper edge-of the main body of the well 12 with upwardly extending arc flanges 14: whose front ends terminate at the sides of the forwardly projecting dip chamber 13,while the rear ends of said flanges 14: end at opposite sides of the center of the rear portion of the well 12 and form stops for the cover 11 to aid in preventing rotary movement of said cover.

The forwardly projecting well portion or dlp chamber 13 affords a commodious openlngto receive the pen and enable the latter to recelve a suitable supply of ink, and in order to prevent the pen from being moved unduly inwardly into the well, I provide the latter with an integral vertical standard 15 whlch rises from the floor of the well and is set inwardly from the dip chamber 13. The standard 15 is centrally in line with the length of the dip chamber13 and the outer vertical edges of said standard are separated from the adjacent Vertical walls of the well 12, and hence the ink from the well may pass freely around saidstandard and enter the dip chamber 13. The standard 15 at its upper end is below the upper edges of the 1 flanges 14c and therefore in no danger of besion for preventing the pen when carelessly dipped into the dip chamber from sliding a considerable distance into the well 12, the pen might so slide and strike the cover 11,

' thereby throwing the same from the base 10. I do not, however, limit my invention to the standard 15 as the specific means for preventing the sliding movement of the pen from the dip chamber 13 into the well 12, since the same result may be obtained if the dip chamber 13 is considerably narrowed at its inner end.v

The cover 11 constitutes the main individual feature of the invention, and this cover comprises a body portion 16 and a slidable section 17 connected therewith. The cover 11 will preferably be formed of rubber or composition and will have a downwardly extending flange 18 to rest upon the top of the base 10 and engage the flanges 14: thereon, as shown more clearly in Fig. 4. The flange 18 by its engagement with the flanges 14 prevents the cover from being slid laterally fromofl' the base 10. The cover 11 at its rear edge is formed, on the flange 18, with an inwardly projecting thickened section 19, shown more clearly in Fig- 5, which is adapted to fit in between the rear ends of the arc flanges l4 and prevent the a cover from having any rotary movement on the base 10. The slidable section 17 of the cover 11 is slightly wider than the top of the dip chamber 13, and it is'adapted to have-a movement outwardly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, to cover said clip chamber or inwardly to the position shown in Fig. 5 to uncover said dip chamber for use. The slidable section 17 has a finger-piece 20 at its front end by which it may be operated, and

" the edge of the body section 16 of the cover 11 is recessed in line with the section 17 to receive said finger-piece 20 when the section 17 is moved to its retracted position illustrated in Fig. 5. The section 17 of the cover is in the form of a flat strip provided with shoulders 21 along its opposite sides,'and said section is confined between depending lugs 22 which are integral with the body section 1.6 of the cover and extend outwardly from the lower face thereof and carry pins 23 whose ends are bent over below the shoulders 21 and serve to support the section17 from the bottom of said body section 16 and at the same time said bent pins 23 cooperate with the shoulders 21 in guiding the section 17 in its rearward and forward movements. The body section 16 of the cover is also formed with a depending integral stud 24 which enters a guiding slot 25 in the top of the section 17, as shown in Figs. 3 and fl, and said pin and slot or recess, serve to aid in guiding the section 17 and also afford at the ends of the slot or recess stops to arrest the section 17 at the extreme ends of its rearward and frontward movements.

When the cover 11 is placed on the base 10 its thickened section 19 will lie between the rear ends of the flanges 14 and the width of the section 17 of the cover will lie between the front ends of said flangesl l, and in this condition of the parts the cover will be held against lateral displacement from the base and be prevented from rotatingand the section 17 will be held in line with the dip chamber 13', said section 17 covering said dip chamber 13 when drawn outwardly, as

shown in Fig. 1, and exposing saidchamber when pushed inwardly to the position shown in Fig. 5.

In the modification of 7 my invention shown in Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive, I number the glass base 30, and said base contains an inkwell 31, forwardly extending dip chamsponding exactlywith the slidablesection 7 17 shown in Fig. 1. The rectangular cover 36 corresponds in all essential respects with the circular cover 16, andsaid cover 37 has at its lower. side integral lugs 39 carrying pins 10 bent over upon side shoulders 41 of the slidable section 38 correspondingly with the like features hereinbefore described with respect to Figs. l'to 5 inclusive. I present Figs. 6 to 9 inclusive merely to indicate that with slight changes from the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive my invent on may be adapted for rectangular covers as well as clrcular covers.

My invention" comprises an inkstand havmg the glass base section containing the well and dip chamber and proper flanges to hold the cover,and 'a cover to rest upon the base and be capable of being elevated directly therefrom and having the slidable sectionto be drawn out from under the cover when the dip chamber is to be closedand pushed below the cover when, the dipchamberis to be opened. i Y

WhatI claim as my invention and desire to secure by 'LettersPatent, is:

1. An inkstand comprising an integral.

glass base having an inkwell and a forwardly extending dip-chamber at one side 1n free communication with said well, and a cover adapted to rest freely on said base over said well and having and carrying an mdependently slidable section to cover and uncover said chamber without exposing said well, said coverhavlng a depending edge 1 flange and said base flanges to receivesaid' flange on said' cover, for maintaining said cover against lateral displacement without interfering with its elevation from said base, and said slidable section being a straight strip to be slid rearwa-rdly under and frontwardly from under said cover, and said cover having on its bottom guiding and supporting means for said section.

2. An inkstand comprising a base having an inkwell and a forwardly extending dipchamber communicating therewith, and a cover for said well having an independently slidable section to cover and uncover said chamber without exposing said well, said slidable section being a straight strip having shoulders along its sides and an elongated recess in its top and adapted to be moved rearwardly under and drawn forwardly from under said cover, and said cover having on its bottom guiding and supporting means for the sides of said strip and a depending pin within said recess.

3. An inkstand comprising a base having an inkwell and a forwardly extending dipchamber communicating therewith and formed with upwardly extending arc flanges at the sides of said well, said flanges being separated from each other at their rear ends and at their front ends terminating at the sides of said dip-chamber, and a cover for said well having a depending flange to engage said are flanges and an independently slidable section to cover and uncover said dip-chamber without exposing said well, said section having its movement between the front ends of said are flanges and said flange on the cover having a thickened part fitting between the rear ends of said are flanges.

Signed at New.York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 2nd day of July A. D. 1914.

FRANK A. WEEKS.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR MARION,

CHAS. G. GILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of l'atents,

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